President Trump’s designee to replace Mike Pompeo as CIA director has put Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., in a tough position.
Gina Haspel, a decorated CIA veteran who would be the first female to lead the agency, is distrusted among Democrats for implementing the Bush administration’s enhanced interrogation technique program, which critics believe constituted torture. Haspel and her superior at the time were involved in giving the order to destroy the video evidence related to those activities.
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